Spotted Sandpiper Portrait

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Lincoln Beach, Utah Lake last weekend.

This is highly cropped image. I was just looking to see how much of a crop can D850 sustain. I was amazed that even after cropping so much, I can see so much detail in the feathers.

Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 600 f/4 + 1.4 x TCIII
1/4000 sec; f/8; ISO 2000
Manual; Matrix metering



Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P
85% Cropping
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Neat Image NR on Background
Sharpening for Presentation
Cloned out of focus elements




Let me know your thoughts and comments.




Thanks

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good choice of crop, and I like the space you gave to the larger feather at left edge. Details do look good for what is 15% left of the original pixels, but there is nothing better (and fun) than actually getting this close!

[John Mack]

Looks great for the very large crop. Light and pose and nice with a great background.